Sentence examples for proved long from inspiring English sources

The wait proved long but, given the regular meals and the loose discipline, tolerable.

Mr Vogel proved long ago, however, that he needs no godfather.

The event proved long on optimism but rather short on coherence.

In that campaign, getting a consensus on what targets to bomb proved long and difficult.

He proved long ago that he belongs in racing's big leagues.

A self-declared 2003 roadmap to democracy has so far proved long on detours and short on direction.

To illustrate what he means, Lanier describes a couple who found love on an online dating site and whose subsequent marriage has proved long-lasting.

Harrison died, of pneumonia, a month after his Inauguration (which is why his successor, John Tyler, came to be called His Accidency), but the log cabin proved long-lived.

Richard Lipsky, a lobbyist for several small-business associations in New York City, said it made no sense to provide economic incentives to companies that had not proved long-term profitability.

Academic exchanges, especially with Spanish universities, have proved long-lasting and fruitful.

The term radiates hubris, but it has proved long-lived.